Kometa NEAT proshla mimo vspyhnuvshego Solnca
24.02.2003 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

Na proshloi nedele proizoshla moshnaya vspyshka na Solnce, i odnovremenno rezko uvelichilas' yarkost' komety NEAT, (NEAT - Near Earth Asteroid Tracking, programma poiska okolozemnyh asteroidov). V etot moment kometa kak raz peresekla orbitu Merkuriya i u nee poyavilsya dlinnyi hvost iz gaza i pyli. Na Solnce proizoshel ogromnyi koronal'nyi vybros.